Cattleya aurea




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
Subtribe Laeliinae
Scientific name Cattleya aurea Linden
Synonyms Cattleya chrysotaxa (Sander) Godefroy-Lebeuf; Cattleya chrysotoxa hort.; Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Reichenbach f. var. aurea (Linden) B. S. Wiliams & T. Moore; Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Reichenbach f. var. chrysotaxa Sander; Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Reichenbach f. var. chrysotoxa hort.
Distribution Colombia
Reference  Cattleya aurea Linden 1883
Note Photos below are those of an orchid (Cattleya dowiana var. aurea) which was cultivated by Madame Hatsue Ohtsuka and displayed at the Orchid Show 2008 in Tsukuba Botanical Garden.



December 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden